killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
about when; about what time; how soon
about this time; about now
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
breach of manners; breach of etiquette; faux pas
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
arrogant; haughty; insolent
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
on-the-spot investigation or inspection; raid
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
ability; performance; efficiency
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to repeat; to do over again
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
forcibly; by force; against one's will
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
(another's) son; boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)